The Florida Bar v. West

550 So.2d 462 (1989)

THE FLORIDA BAR, Complainant,

v.

Leo B. WEST, Respondent.

No. 72424.

Supreme Court of Florida.

October 26, 1989.

John F. Harkness, Jr., Executive Director, and John T. Berry, Staff Counsel, Tallahassee, and Warren Jay Stamm, Bar Counsel, and Paul A. Gross and Louis Thaler, Co-Bar Counsel, Miami, for complainant.

James M. Stark, Fort Lauderdale, for respondent.

This proceeding is before the Court on the petition of The Florida Bar challenging the referee's report, which recommended, in part, that Leo B. West be suspended from the practice of law for eighteen months, after which…